Are you interested in scheduling a visit?Thera-Pets does not charge to visit facilities so that everyone is able to receive our services.(Please remember our organization relies entirely on private donations, so please if you can consider making a donation)What can you expect from our visit?

We will arrive on time - if a situation arises and we will be late or not be able to attend we will make every effort to contact the number we have on file.

We will clean the donkeys feet before going inside.

Volunteers will be trained to handle the donkeys.

We will stay inside for a limited amount of time, since the donkeys are not house broke, we limit the time indoors to avoid any accidents.

We will allow anyone who wants to pet the donkeys to do so.

We will answer questions you may have.

We will have a record of the donkeys vaccines, with us and will show the paperwork to anyone who would like to review them either before the visit begins or at the end of the visit.

We will assist in facilitating the interaction with folks and the animals.

We will maintain control of the bunny that we usually bring to facilities. Petting is permitted but we will not allow anyone to hold the bunny.

What can you do to help us have a successful visit.

Gathering in a large day room is the best situation so we have time to visit everyone for a extended time. (We do go room to room but this limits our visits to each person to just a couple minutes each)

Please space the chairs out whenever possible so that we can walk the donkey in between the chairs. This makes it easier to get the donkeys to walk up to a person when they can see a way out.

Make sure no food is out and if any of the folks we are visiting has the smell of food on there hands please have them use hand sanitizer or soap and water prior to our visit so that our donkeys do not smell it on anyone's hands.

Our donkeys are not house broke so please be mindful of expensive carpeting and avoid having us in those areas.

Please make sure floors are dry in the areas the donkeys will be going, wet floors are just like a sheet of ice to our donkeys.

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When do we schedule visitsTypically our visitation program happens during the week days between the hours of 9am -4pm.Visits Nov.- March are weather permitting.We do occasionally schedule visits outside the parameters, if we have volunteers available.We try to schedule at least 2 visits in the same area if we can. We do appreciate suggestions on facilities in the area that might like a visit. It's especially helpful if you can assist with scheduling other facilities.CLICK HERE TO SCHEDULE A VISIT.

Donkey Visitation program

Ken Besaw with Fay one of our very well trained donkeys. She has been going into facilities for 5 years.